CFP: Fin de Siècle Seminar, 1870-1920 (UK) (7/1/06; 10/12/06-6/30/07)

Fin de Siècle is an interdisciplinary seminar series based at the University ofOxford which aims to develop fresh perspectives on literature, society, and thearts in England between 1870 and 1920. In the six years since its inception,the series has provided a vibrant forum for both graduates and establishedacademics, hosting presentations on subjects as diverse as the ‘AestheticEighties’, Jerome K. Jerome and the rise of the literary professional, OscarWilde and archaeology, trouble-making in George Moore’s fiction, RobertBridges’s classical poetry, and the aesthetics of smell in literature and art.

Fin de Siècle has attracted the notice of a broad community of researchers bothwithin and outside Oxford, who value its atmosphere of rigorous scholarlydiscussion.

We are currently inviting papers for the 2006-7 academic year. Papers may varyin length between thirty minutes and one hour. If you would like to presentyour work, be included on the Fin de Siècle mailing list, or make furtherenquiries, please contact Sarah Davison, St Anne’s College, University ofOxford, OX2 6HS, UK, tel.: 07816033095, email: sarah.davison_at_st-annes.ox.ac.uk.Proposals (of no more than 200 words) must be received before 1st July 2006.